The Amba Vilas Palace, often referen as the 'Mysore Palace' located in the heart of Mysore City is the main palace and the prime tourist attraction. However Mysore has many other palaces worth visiting...

The architectural style of Mysore palace is hybrid

Balarama Jayarama Gateway is the northern gate way to the Mysore Palace

The Bhuvaneshwari Temple with the chola style gateway tower is located on the northern side of the Palace complex corresponding to the Varahaswami Temple in the south with identical looking tower, providing a architectural symmetry to the campus layout

There are 8 Bronze tigers installed on pedestals in the Mysore Palace

This shrine dedicated to Ganesha is attached to the Mysore Palace building serves as a private shrine to the Wodeyar family

Mysore Palace has a well laid garden within the complex

Gayatri Temple in Mysore Palace is located on the eastern side of the palace and adjacent to the Jayamarthanda Gate corresponding to the Trinayaneswara Temple

Mysore palace is located right in the heart of the city

Jayamarthanda Gate located on the east of the palace is is the grandest of all the gateways to Mysore Palace

Mysore Palace is the central piece of Mysore's attractions

The palace you see at Mysore is probably the third or the fourth generation of the palatial structure built over this location by the ruling dynasty